Lewandowski, a former New Hampshire

roup, has been with Trump since the

ntional White House bid a year ago.
s in a power struggle with the more
p had hired more recently to try to

field director for a conservative advocacy g

wealthy New York developer began his unconve
Lewandowski had spent the past several month
traditional Republican strategists that Trum
reshape his campaign operation.

Most prominent among them is Paul Manafort, an adviser to several Republican pre
sidential campaigns, including those of Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush. Manafo
rt and others had been pressuring Trump to hire more staff and tone down his fie
ry public persona, but their early efforts were rebuffed, according to several p
eople familiar with the exchanges. Manafort did not respond to a request for com
ment, and Trump has often dismissed reports that Manafort and Lewandowski did no
t work well together.
Lewandowski, who traveled to nearly every Trump rally, insisted in interviews th
at Trump s unconventional campaign, with its shoestring budget, light staffing and
miniscule fundraising apparatus, did not need to be changed because Trump s massi
ve victories in many primary elections early this year proved it was successful.
Known for his brusque manner, Lewandowski was accused of manhandling a female re
porter in Florida during the primary campaign, but the charge against him by a l
ocal sheriff was later dropped.
He is still scheduled to attend the Cleveland co